The Former La Carreta Mexican Restaurant Will Now Be Brooklyn Carreta

According to an article from the Portland Business Journal , the former La Carreta Mexican Restaurant will now be Brooklyn Carreta at 4534 SE McLoughlin Boulevard.

A representative of Brooklyn Carreta was not immediately available to comment upon What Now Portland’s request.

According to the article, “Construction is now underway for Brooklyn Carreta, which will feature 18 carts, indoor seating, and outdoor seating, and a bar, as well as 26 parking spaces.”

“In addition to parking, the one-story building will have a bar, a coffee vendor, kids’ area, event space and outdoor seating, some covered and some not. Moody said he expects it to open in the first quarter of 2025.”

“The colorful eatery and cantina, where mariachi bands once moved from table to table, was a mainstay for more than 30 years, before shuttering in the summer of 2022, with the triangular-shaped property sitting vacant and in disrepair. A few months later, Garner Moody and his company Lloyd Development scooped up the property, at the intersection of McLoughlin and Holgate boulevards.”

“Moody, who founded Lloyd Development in 2001, has previously developed cart pods at 82nd and Davis and on Mississippi Avenue and Southeast Division and is the general contractor on one opening this fall at 42nd and Hawthorne.”